Ambrée was inspired by the rustic farmhouse ales of French Flanders, particularly those brewed by Brasserie Thiriez in Esquelbecq — one of our favorite breweries in the world. Ambrée is a dry, tart, naturally conditioned amber ale fermented and matured with dozens of different strains of brewers’ yeast, native wild yeast, Brettanomyces yeast, and souring bacteria. It’s 6.4% alcohol by volume, has a finishing gravity of 1.005, and is 3.5 pH.

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one of the more interesting jester king offerings, although i suppose they all have my interest. this, like so many other beers out there, falls somewhere between a flanders red and an oud bruin in style and flavor, although instead of blending the two, teasing one with the other, or just tossing around style terminology, this one does something different with that gray area between them. it smells like a flanders red, lactic almost vinegar character, oaky too, but the flavor is all darker roast grain, more akin to the oud bruin. its not just lacto though, there is really appreciable brett character in this brew, from start to finish. its a sensory transition from one to the other, a pleasant and patient journey, and one i look forward to taking again some day. the appearance was unconventional too, brown suds flowed out of the bottle slowly when it was opened, but the head on the dusty brick red brew was cream colored, a strange byproduct of this crazy yeast they have down there in austin. full bodied and quite sour as it warms up, i liked this a lot, for being familiar and different at the same time. nice with grilled pork. thanks to drlovemd87 for bringing this one over. (1,192 characters)

The bubbles are fairly active, but little beyond a playful S&M tautness, the body medium-light in weight, and quite weak in it smoothness, the yeast, bacteria, and sure, hops, having just a bit too much ingress here. It finishes off-dry, the fruitiness and underwhelming malt having their time in the sun (in Texas, that means more than it does in most other places), before that peppy, acrid, and funky nature comes 'round full bore, both barrels, and all that.

A nicely complex, and well, more complicated wild ale than most I've yet encountered on this particular continent. All the promise of funk is duly rendered, but in a most agreeably tempered way, at least for those of us with at least a modicum of experience with the style. One of those offerings that grows on you as you delve deeper into it, stuff you didn't really notice at first now providing lingering 'wait a sec' moments. Nice. (1,794 characters)